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6 Huntsville. Texas. Mar 1st 1867. I have collected from the freed people of Huntsville about $120.00 in specie for the purpose of erecting a school house; a lot can be purchased for a small sum: xxx The collection will I hope, reach the sum of $300.00 with a like amount appropriated by your H [[?]], a fine school can be established. I. C. Devine. Sub. Asst. Comr. ------------------------------------------ Hallettsville. Texas. Mar 1st 1867 A log school house is now being built at Sweet Home, ten miles west of this place. Arrangements have also been made here for the purpose of procuring a building for a school.xxx I hope soon to have these schools in full operation. W. H. Hiestand. Sub. Asst. Comr. -------------------------------------- Bastrop. Texas. Mar 4th 1867 I have seen the Mayor of the place, who promised to donate a suitable lot for the erection of a school house and church. Byron Porter. Sub. Asst. Comr. 7 Wharton. Texas. Mar 7th 1867 Three planters, contiguous to each other, are erecting a school building, which will soon be completed and in operation. W. H. Horton. Sub. Asst. Comr. ---------------------------------------- Houston. Texas. March 19th 1867 We can soon build a house if you will send us some lumber. We want a house 50 feet by 30 feet; we have the land. A. Smith. ---------------------------- Bastrop. Texas. Mar 21st 1867 That there may be no unnecessary delay in organizing a school at La Grange, I beg leave to call the attention of the Supt of Schools to the importance of aiding at once the Freed people in building a house for school purposes at that place. A lot has been secured in a very pleasant part of the town, and is convenient for a school. D. T. Allen. Asst Supt T. S.
